Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Troy Bailey suffered a fatal heart attack following a confrontational domestic situation with a convicted felon.
Deputy Bailey and another deputy served a protection order to a known felon which stated the felon must be removed from the residence. The felon was confrontational and argumentative. That evening, Deputy Bailey completed his shift and collapsed.
He was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to myocardial infarction.
Deputy Bailey had served with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office for 25 years and previously served with the Lexington Police Department for 4 1/2 years, Buffalo County Sheriff's Office for a year and the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for 2 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his two daughters, son, two grandchildren, parents, two sisters, and fiancée.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
33 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Bailey gave the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office 33 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Lincoln community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Bailey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Troy Todd Bailey is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NE, 5 of 151 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Troy Todd Bailey's cause is highlighted.
How Troy Todd Bailey Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Troy Todd Bailey is highlighted in Sep.
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